The Museum of Root Beer is a specialized museum in Wisconsin Dells,

Wisconsin Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...

, in the United States, and is dedicated to history and memorabilia related to

root beer Root beer is a North American soft drink traditionally made using the root bark of the sassafras tree '' Sassafras albidum'' or the vine of '' Smilax ornata'' (known as sarsaparilla; also used to make a soft drink called sarsaparilla) as the ...

. The museum opened in May 2021.

History

The Museum of Root Beer opened in the town of Wisconsin Dells on May 28, 2021.Erica Dynes
"Dells Opens Root Beer Museum: Collection Tells Story of Popular Drink's History,"
''Baraboo News Republic,'' June 4, 2021, p. A3. Housed at a soda shop called Root Beer Revelry, the museum was funded with a two week

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campaign launched in February of that year. Owned by Iowa resident Vince Payne, the museum's collection includes memorabilia from over 2,000 root beer brands, and includes signage, packaging materials, tap handles and bottles. It also includes the collection of the now-defunct Root Beer Revelry Museum, which operated from 2011 to 2013 but closed due for financial reasons. According to Payne, the collection was built over the course of many years, starting when he was 11 years old, and was housed previously in storage in the basement of his house. The museum also features root beer taste tests, sorted by taste and brand, as well as supporting independent root beer breweries. It also features root beer merchandise."A Different Kind of Beer,"
JK and the RV blog, August 26, 2022.

References

External links

Official website
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